How to find information about the Renaissance

This is a guide to help you find relevant information for your Renaissance unit. You will find print resources (books, magazines, newspapers.) and online resources (websites, databases and documentaries).

Before you start searching for information, you need to know what you are looking for. It is helpful making a list of what you know, and what you WANT to know. That will help you come up with some keywords to start your search. A good start is an Online Encyclopedia:

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Once you have decided the specific topic you will be working with, search the library Online Catalog
There you can find books, selected websites and magazine articles. See the list of books and websites below.

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Primary Sources and Articles for the Humanities

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Music History and Biographies

Art History and Biographies

BOOKS
There are many books on Renaissance Life, Art and Artists in the library. To locate them, look at the Resource List: MYP -- Renaissance on the Online Catalog. There you can also find a list of selected websites (under 'online resources').

Books in the library:
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
274 FLA	Flatt, Lizann. Religion in the Renaissance. New York : Crabtree Pub., c2010.The Renaissance -- The religious world -- A religious life -- The Renaissance cathedral -- Religion in art -- Popes and power -- The Holy Roman Empire -- Calls for change -- The Protestant Reformation -- The counter-Reformation -- The inquisition -- War and religion -- Rebuilding and renewing -- Missionaries. Presents a history of the Christian church during the Renaissance period from 600 to 1500 A.D.
391.009 WHA	What people wore when : a complete illustrated history of costume from ancient times to the nineteenth century for every level of society. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.The grammar of costume -- The ancient world -- The Roman Empire -- Europe in the middle ages -- Renaissance Europe -- Modern Europe, 1650-1840 -- East and Southeast Asia -- South Asia -- Anatolia, Persia, and Central Asia -- European regional dress -- Africa, Oceania, and the Americas -- The elements of costume -- Clothing through the ages -- Accessories through the ages. Annotated illustrations and authoritative narratives provide a chronological and thematic exploration of the history of clothing and dress since ancient civilization.
509.4 MUL	Mullins, Lisa, 1981-. Science in the Renaissance. St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2009.Rebirth and discovery -- Life of a scientist -- Mathematics -- Astronomy -- Physics -- Medicine and anatomy -- Inventions and technology -- Exploration -- Plants and animals -- The occult sciences -- Changing lives. Illustrations and text provide a comprehensive introduction to the Renaissance, focusing on advancements in science and technology, mathematics, astronomy, physics, medicine, exploration, biology, the occult, and other topics.
709 BAR	Barter, James, 1946-. Artists of the Renaissance. San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, 1999.Discusses the life and work of six artists of the Italian Renaissance whose works represent important innovations and achievements in painting, sculpture, and architecture. Included are Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
709 COR	Corrain, Lucia. The art of the Renaissance. 1st ed. New York : Peter Bedrick Books, 1997.An illustrated survey of the art and culture of Renaissance Europe.
709 COU	Coughlan, Robert, 1914-. The world of Michelangelo, 1475-1564,. New York, : Time, inc., [1966].
709 VAS	Vasari, Giorgio. The Great Masters. Hugh Lauter Levin, 1986.
709.02 CON	Conti, Flavio. How to recognize renaissance art. Macdonald, 1978.
709.02 CON	Conti, Flavio, 1943-. How to recognize Renaissance art. [London] : Macdonald Educational, 1978.
750 BER	Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. The Italian painters of the Renaissance,. [Illustrated ed. reprinted]. London, : Phaidon, [1967].
759.03 DEL	D'Elia, Una Roman, 1973-. Painting in the Renaissance. St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2009.The Renaissance -- Patronage -- The riches of Italy -- Becoming a painter -- Perspective and light -- Religious art -- Walls and ceilings -- Altarpieces -- Oil paint -- Portraits -- The human body -- Everyday life -- The imaginary world -- The rise of art -- Further reading, websites, glossary, index. Illustrations and text provide a comprehensive introduction to Renaissance art including religious paintings, walls and ceilings, portraits, and the human body.
851 DAV	Davenport, John, 1960-. Dante : poet, author, and proud Florentine. Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2006.Profiles the life and works of late thirteenth-century poet and author Dante Alighieri, noted for his most famous piece "The Inferno.".
910.9 ELL	Elliott, Lynne, 1968-. Exploration in the Renaissance. St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2009.The roots of exploration -- The age of exploration -- Organizing a voyage -- Life on board a ship -- Dangers of exploration -- Maps and navigation -- Early Portuguese explorations -- Spain and the New World -- The Northwest Passage -- Settlements and colonies -- Columbian exchange. Illustrations and text provide a comprehensive introduction to the Renaissance, focusing on exploration and trade, advancements in shipbuilding and mapmaking, merchant competition, overseas voyages, early Portuguese adventures, the Northwest Passage, the Columbian Exchange, and other topics.
914.04 DAY	Day, Nancy. Your travel guide to Renaissance Europe. Minneapolis : Runestone Press, c2001.Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in Europe during the Renaissance, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
920 WAG	Wagner, Heather Lehr. The Medicis : a ruling dynasty. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.Presents a comprehensive study of the Medici family that helped shape fifteenth-century Florence, Italy, and describes the power struggles, wars, and violence that occurred during this time.
921 BRA	Boerst, William J. Tycho Brahe : mapping the heavens. 1st ed. Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds, c2003.Presents the life and work of the famous sixteenth-century Danish astronomer.
921 CHA	Hubbard-Brown, Janet. Chaucer : celebrated poet and author. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.Presents a biography of fourteenth-century British poet, Geoffrey Chaucer describing his life and celebrated works which includes "The Canterbury Tales.".
921 ELE	Koestler-Grack, Rachel A., 1973-. Eleanor of Aquitaine : heroine of the Middle Ages. Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2006.A wedding that changed the world -- A duchess marries a prince -- Queen Eleanor of France -- Give us crosses! -- A monk, not a king -- Queen Eleanor and her sons -- Queen Eleanor's revolt -- The mother queen -- Protecting the kingdom -- A fight for Angevin. Presents a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, discussing her early years in twelfth-century Europe, her marriages to France's King Louis VII and England's Henry II, her unprecedented political power, and other aspects of her life.
921 ELI	Crompton, Samuel Willard. Queen Elizabeth and England's golden age. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.Presents a comprehensive history of the forty-five-year reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and describes her relationship with her father, Henry VIII; half-sister, Queen Mary; and cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, religious controversy, and more.
921 LEO	Koestler-Grack, Rachel A., 1973-. Leonardo da Vinci : artist, inventor, and Renaissance man. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.Renaissance man -- A lonely genius -- The young apprentice -- First paintings -- Leonardo da Vinci's studio -- In Milan -- Going home -- Taking flight -- Entering the Great Sea. Profiles the life and works of artist, sculptor, inventor, writer, and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci, and describes how much of his work became forerunners of many modern machines such as the automobile and the airplane.
921 MAC	Wagner, Heather Lehr. Machiavelli : Renaissance political analyst and author. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.Portrait of a political philosopher -- Early years in Florence -- Diplomatic career -- Decline of the republic -- The prince -- A scholar and a student of history -- The history of Florence. Examines the life of Renaissance political theorist and author Machiavelli, looking at his ideas on power within the context of the times in which he lived, and discussing his youth, diplomatic career, imprisonment, the writing of "The Prince," and his later years as a scholar and historian.
921 MIC	McNeese, Tim. Michelangelo : painter, sculptor, and architect. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.A genius at work -- The artist's youth -- Learning his craft -- The heart of a sculptor -- The stonecutter and the shepherd boy -- The pope and the artist -- The great ceiling painter -- Endless projects -- The Last Judgment. Profiles the life and works of Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo, and describes some of his greatest masterpieces including the "Pieta," "Moses," and the statue of David, as well as his ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.
921 MOR	Crompton, Samuel Willard. Thomas More and his struggles of conscience. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.Presents a brief biography of Thomas Moore, philosopher, writer, and theologian of the Middle Ages, including information on his childhood, his family life, and his contributions to law and religious freedom.
940.2 CAS	Caselli, Giovanni, 1939-. The Renaissance and new world. London : Macdonald, 1985.Presents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
940.2 CHA	Chamberlin, E. R. (Eric Russell), 1926-. Everyday life in Renaissance times. London, : B. T. Batsford;, [1966, c1965].
940.2 COR	Corrick, James A. The Renaissance. San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, c1998.Traces developments in European art, architecture, music, literature, philosophy, science, and exploration between 1300 and 1600.
940.2 ELL	Elliott, Lynne, 1968-. The Renaissance in Europe. St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2009.A time of rebirth -- Renaissance people -- Family life -- Health and beauty -- Renaissance cities -- Warfare -- Trade and banking -- Exploration -- Trade and colonization -- Religion -- Science -- Art and society -- The visual arts -- Literature and theater. Illustrations and text provide a comprehensive introduction to the Renaissance, focusing on the lives of Europeans during that time, warfare, trade, exploration, colonization, religion, science, the arts, and other topics.
940.2 FLA	Flatt, Lizann. Cities and statecraft in the Renaissance. St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2010.The Renaissance -- Trade -- Italian city-states -- Life in the city -- Ideas and individuals -- Achievements in architecture -- Weapons and war -- Monarchs gain might -- Expanding the empire -- Rules for rulers -- Politics and religion -- Power and the people. An introduction to city and town life during the Renaissance that discusses trade, architecture, monarchs, politics, religion, and other related topics.
940.2 HAL	Hale, J. R. (John Rigby), 1923-. The civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. 1st American ed. New York : Atheneum ;, 1994.
940.2 MIQ	Furtado, Peter. The age of discovery. Morristown, N.J. : Silver Burdett Co., c1980.Discusses the characteristics of European life between 1450 and 1600, emphasizing the spirit of discovery which led to the achievements of the Renaissance and the exploration of the New World.
940.2 PIE	Pierre, Michel. The Renaissance. Barnes & Noble, 1999.
940.2 ROM	Romanek, Trudee. Great ideas of the Renaissance. St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2010.The Renaissance -- Religion -- People and possibilities -- Education -- Medicine and anatomy -- Astronomy and mathematics -- Art -- Literature and drama -- Music -- Architecture -- Society and power -- Commerce -- Warfare -- Everyday life. An introduction to scholarship during the Renaissance that discusses religion, education, medicine, astronomy, literature, commerce, and other related topics.
940.2 SID	Sider, Sandra. Handbook to life in Renaissance Europe. New York : Facts On File, c2005.Provides information about various aspects of life in the past, highlighting notable events and achievements in Renaissance Europe, covering history, government, society, religion, the arts, architecture, literature, warfare, trade, travel, science and medicine, education, and everyday affairs. Includes maps, drawings, and photographs.
940.2 WOO	Wood, Tim. The Renaissance. Viking, 1993.
945 COH	Cohen, Elizabeth Storr, 1946-. Daily life in Renaissance Italy. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2001.An examination of daily life in Renaissance Italy, looking at a range of settings and socioeconomic backgrounds, discussing families, honor and religion, media, literacy and schooling, houses, food, clothing, disease and healing, and other topics.
945 DUR	Durant, Will. The Renaissance. MJF Books, 1981.
945 WAL	Walker, Paul Robert. The Italian Renaissance. New York : Facts on File, c1995.
945 WHA	Time-Life Books. What life was like...rebirth of genius:Renaissance. Time-Life Books, 1999.
DVD 940.2 HIS	A history of the Renaissance. Standard format. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c2004.Follows a young film producer as she travels across Europe in search of information about the people, places, and thinking behind Renaissance developments, investigating the history of the period which began in Italy in the 1300s and continued into the seventeenth century.
DVD 940.21 REN	Renaissance. Revised edition. Chicago, IL : distributed by New Dimension Media, [2006].Narrator, Ian Richardson. Traces the 300-year development of the Renaissance in Europe, exploring the philosophical, political, artistic, scientific and religious changes of the period. Re-enactments examine philosophical and scientific theories and artistic movements of the time, as well as significant figures, from Petrarch and Jan Hus to Brunelleschi and Machiavelli.
GRA GON	Gonick, Larry. The cartoon history of the universe III. 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2002.Traces world history in cartoon format from the end of the fourth century to the departure of Christopher Columbus for the New World in 1492, and includes a bibliography and an index.
REF 305.48 ROB	Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance : Italy, France, and England. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.A reference on women's experiences, contributions, and achievements during the Renaissance in the areas of art, culture, science, philosophy, and religion, containing 135 biographies and approximately thirty topic articles.
REF 700 ART	Arts & humanities through the eras. Detroit : Thomson/Gale, c2005.Presents volume one of a five-volume series that offers an in-depth analysis on Renaissance Europe between 1300 and 1600 through the study of nine different arts and humanities topics such as architecture and design, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts.
REF 909.50 REF V.1	Reformation, exploration, and empire. Danbury, CT : Grolier, 2005.v.1. Academies-Catherine De Medicis -- v.2. Catholic Church-Daily life -- v.3. Decorative arts-Fortifications -- v.4. France-Inventions and inventors -- v.5. Ireland-Manufacturing -- v.6. Maps and mapmaking-Orthodox Church -- v.7. Ottoman Empire-Printing -- v.8. Privacy and luxury-Servants -- v.9. Shah Abbas the Great-Textiles -- v.10. Thirteen colonies-Zwingli, Huldrych. A ten-volume set documents important people, places, and events in world history that occurred during the Reformation period from the sixteenth-century through the seventeenth-century.
REF 940.2 RIT	Ritchie, Robert. Historical atlas of the Renaissance. New York : Checkmark Books, c2004.Presents an historical atlas of the cultural and political development of the Renaissance, and contains detailed maps, photographs, and illustrations that describe the major periods of Renaissance art and architecture, the Habsburg Wars, explorations, Tudor England, and the beginning of the Reformation.
REF 940.21 REN V.1	Renaissance. Danbury, CT : Grolier, 2002.v.1. Africa-Bologna -- v.2. Books and libraries-Constantinople -- v.3. Copernicus-Exploration -- v.4. Eyck-Government -- v.5. Guilds and crafts-Landscape painting -- v.6. Language-Merchants -- v.7. Michelangelo-Palaces and villas -- v.8. Palestrina-Reformation -- v.9. Religious dissent-Tapestry -- v.10. Technology-Zwingli. Chronicles the cultural and artistic flowering known as the Renaissance that flourished in Europe and in other parts of the world from approximately 1375 to 1575 A.D.
VAD 199.492 PHI	Phillips, Margaret Mann. Erasmus and the northern Renaissance. Rev. ed. Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell and Brewer ;, 1981.
VAD 305.4 ROS	Women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance : literary and historical perspectives. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1986.
VAD 709.2 VAS	Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574. The lives of the artists : volume 1, a selection. New York : Penguin Books, [1965]-1987.
VAD 709.2 VAS	Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574. Lives of the artists. : a selection. New York : Penguin Books, 1987.A collection of selected biographical sketches by the Italian Renaissance artist, Giorgio Vasari that reveal his interpretations of the lives and works of a number of artists in Italy.
VAD 724.1 LOW	Lowry, Bates, 1923-. Renaissance architecture. London, UK : Studio Vista, 1962.
VAD 879.09 HAS	Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870-1937. The Renaissance of the twelfth century. New York, : Meridian Books, 1957 [c1955].
VAD 937 WEI	Weiss, Roberto. The Renaissance discovery of classical antiquity. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK ; : B. Blackwell, 1988.
VAD 944.02 FEB	Febvre, Lucien Paul Victor, 1878-1956. Life in Renaissance France. Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 1977.Introduction -- The silhouette of a civilization -- The quest for knowledge -- The quest for beauty -- The quest for God -- The Renaissance merchant. A collection of essays by Lucien Febvre that discuss the social changes that took place in sixteenth-century France.
VAD 945 HAY	Hay, Denys. Italy in the age of the Renaissance, 1380-1530. London ; : Longman, 1989.Examines the history of Italy in the years between 1380 and 1530, discussing aspects of society, culture, religion, government, and education. Includes maps and genealogical tables.
VAD 945 HOL	Holmes, George, 1927-. Florence, Rome, and the origins of the Renaissance. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1988.
VAD 945 MAR	Martines, Lauro. Power and imagination : city-states in Renaissance Italy. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1979.

USEFUL WEBSITES

	A Comparison Between the Northern and Italian Renaissance. n.d. Web. 24 October 2012. http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/1400-1500-Renaissance-in-Italy-and-the-North.html
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	Filippo di ser Brunelesco. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/vasari/vasari5.htm.
	Grunewald, Matthias. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/g/grunewal/index.html.
	History of Renaissance Architecture. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/renais.html.
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	Michelangelo Buonarroti: 1475-1564. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.eyeconart.net/history/Renaissance/michelangelo.htm.
	Michelangelo Paints the Sistine Chapel. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/michelangelo.htm.
	Northern European Painting of the 15th-16th Centuries. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/euro15.htm.
	Out of the Middle Ages. n.d. Web. 24 October 2012. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html.
	Palladio's Italian villas. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.boglewood.com/palladio/.
	Raphael. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/raphael/.
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	Raphael Sanzio: 1483-1521. n.d. Web. 25 November 2009. http://www.eyeconart.net/history/Renaissance/raphael.htm.
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